The New York Times bestseller, now available in paperback—an incredible true story of the top-secret World War II town of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and the young women brought there unknowingly to help build the atomic bomb.
“The best kind of nonfiction: marvelously reported, fluidly written, and a remarkable story...As meticulous and brilliant as it is compulsively readable.” —Karen Abbott, author of Sin in the Second City
At the height of World War II, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, was home to 75,000 residents, and consumed more electricity than New York City, yet it was shrouded in such secrecy that it did not…
I listened to the audiobook format and it "read" like a fast-paced novel. History is much easier to absorb when it's written in a creative nonfiction style.
A good example of history written in a creative nonfiction style. The development of the atomic bomb is a complicated and complex story, but this author makes it interesting.
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What is this book about?
In December of 1938, a chemist in a German laboratory made a shocking discovery: when placed next to radioactive material, a Uranium atom split in two. That simple discovery launched a scientific race that spanned three continents. In Great Britain and the United States, Soviet spies worked their way into the scientific community; in Norway, a commando force slipped behind enemy lines to attack German heavy water manufacturing; and deep in the desert, one brilliant group of scientists was hidden away at Los Alamos. This is the story of the plotting, risk taking, deceit, and genius that created the world's…
The countdown had begun. The world was holding its breath.
On July 1, 1946, a remote Pacific lagoon became the stage for the deadliest experiment in history. The United States prepared to detonate the first atomic bombs since Hiroshima and Nagasaki—tests so secret, so dangerous, no one knew if the world itself might change forever.
In the middle of it all was 20-year-old Navy Gunner’s Mate William L. McGee, stationed aboard the brand-new USS Fall River. His orders: help position a ghost fleet of 95 target ships… then stand just miles away as the sky ignited and the sea boiled with nuclear fire.
What McGee and his shipmates witnessed was more than a weapons test—it was the opening scene of the Cold War, a moment that would alter the balance of power for generations.
Tense, riveting, and unforgettable, Eyewitness to History puts you on deck, in the blast zone, with a front-row seat to the dawn of the Atomic Age. ________________________________________
